The United Nations is appealing for more international aid to help nearly a million people in the Philippines, as they recover from last year's deadliest typhoon in the world.

Typhoon Bopha - a Category Five 'super typhoon' - affected six million people when it hit in December, claiming 1,060 lives and making 850,000 people homeless.

The UN had appealed for $USD 65 million last month, but new action plan seeks $USD 76 million dollars to help families and local communities.

The UN resident and humanitarian coordinator, Luiza Carvalho said the current funding and resources are not enough to meet the demand created by Bopha.

"We are very much concerned about shelter, so permanent shelter got very much a boost in this new consolidated appeal," she told Asia Pacific.

But she says there is also a focus on agriculture and housing.

"This was an event which badly affected housing, shelter and livelihoods. So this is the first six months, and of course, there are many projects that will have to be run after and even in the next year," said Ms Carvalho.

She said Australia, the US, Japan and Canada are currently among the major donors.

"Each of them, they're interested in specific areas, but they're aligning with the priorities that we have been talking to them," she said.

"They're also delivering in kind, some donors have brought to the country, that were not necessarily delivered to the UN response. So they are a complimentary support that is not reflected here."